how do they determine lethal doses of pharmaceutical drugs?

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I’ve just watched a documentary investigating a woman who died due to an unknown cause. It’s mentioned that she was on some medication, but the dose in her blood was lower than what is lethal. How do they check how much of a particular medicine it takes to kill a person without killing a person??

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Weight of a lab rat compared to the weight of the dose issued. Then compare that to the weight of the patient and the dose will be adjusted to be under that.

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